I am filling out a Church Pension Group form that tracks clergy ordinations. Among the questions listed is: Marital Status: Are you: ☑ Married? ☐ Single? ☐ Divorced? ☐ Widowed So far so good. Reasonable. But then remember, this is the Episcopal Church. Is this marriage your: ☑ First? ☐ […]
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Really? I didn’t think that was possible. Oh! She is an Episcopal priest. That explains it… Local News | “I am both Muslim and Christian” | Seattle Times Newspaper Shortly after noon on Fridays, the Rev. Ann Holmes Redding ties on a black headscarf, preparing to pray with her Muslim […]
Unlikely. Does anyone else find it oddly coincidental that in the US today is Father’s Day and the OT reading in the Book of Common Prayer lectionary is 2 Samuel 11:26-12:10,13-15? Happy Father’s Day dads. At least David didn’t set the bar too high for us! 🙂
Via Amber Mac. Jakob Nielson would be proud of this sign I snapped this photo on my Blackberry while driving by an Anglican church on Woodbine Ave. in Toronto, Ontario.Old-school usability guru Jakob Nielson would be lovin’ the user-friendly church-goin’ message!
This is just too funny and must be posted in full. Please do the right thing and check out Michael’s Site Euangelion. Top Ten Funny Things I’d Like to see at SBL I know it is earlier than my normal rant about SBL. But here are ten strange, funny, and […]
What should we call the Hebrew and Aramaic texts that make up the Jewish canon and a good portion of the Christian canons? That is the question being tossed around by several bibliobloggers. It started with Claude Mariottini writing in response to the Chicago Tribune, “In realm of language, change […]
Partially in response and reflection on Jerry Falwell’s passing the NYTimes and the Washington Post both have articles about where “the evangelical Christian movement” is going today. I did not post anything about Rev. Falwell’s death for various reasons. I do want to comment that although I sometimes (often) disagreed […]
I recently learned that a wonderful scholar and churchman died last week, Dr. Robert Webber. I got to know Dr. Webber briefly during my time at Wheaton College. He was known affectionately as “Book of the Month Club Bob” because he seemed to be writing one book a month. He […]
A cartoonist’s view from across the ocean. Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.
Set aside 8 minutes and 49 seconds for a great laff. In this Comic Relief special short episode of the Vicar of Dibley Sting joins the vicar in a spouse-swap reality TV program. http://www.rednoseday.com PLEASE DONATE!